Resources for the Entrance of the Theotokos

November 19, 2021 0 Comments

This Sunday we observe the feast of the Holy Theotokos into the Temple. St. Gregory Palamas tells us: She showed that she was not so much presented into the Temple, but that she herself entered into the service of God of her own accord, as if she had wings, striving towards this sacred and divine …

Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple

November 21, 2020 0 Comments

“And when the child was three years old, Joachim said: ‘Let us call the undefiled daughters of the Hebrews, and let each one take a lamp, and let these be burning, in order that the child may not turn back and her heart be enticed away from the temple of the Lord.’ And he did …